28 November 2014

Dear Parents,

I am thrilled to bits that Clare Brunet has been selected to be the next Executive Headteacher of HTPD. It was a very tough process for her and she came through with flying colours. However, I knew from when she decided to apply that she would be a great choice.

Clare really does have the skills to lead the wonderful, enthralling and multi-faceted organisation which is HTPD. She has a shining intellect which she uses to understand and process all the elements of young people’s education. Alongside this she is most definitely a people person who wants all children and staff to be successful and happy members of the HTPD family. She was a leading person in helping to form the precious values of the school and she will be true to these as well as developing a new vision which will lead the school into exciting new areas in the future. Clare is a committed Christian whose life and motivation is based upon her faith and so she will continue to promote the Good News of a life which gives a proper place to God in our school. Clare is particularly passionate about disadvantaged children and she will make this a big part of the focus.

These are all facets which I believe in and am so happy that school will be in her safe and skilful hands. In a few days I will have completed 25 years at Holy Trinity and I have loved, and continue to love the job. I thank God that someone has been appointed who shares that love, motivation and values.

The next two terms will give Clare and I the chance to work together to make for a smooth transition. Thank you so much for all your prayers and thoughts and support of this process. Thank you also for the great kindness and support you give to me. I know you will also give this to Clare.
With best wishes, Richard

Building work
Thank you for the patience you have shown coming into school whilst the building work takes place. We are expecting Beech Class to be moving upstairs on Wednesday and Thursday next week.

Teacher-led clubs
Next week (1-5 December) will be the final week of this term’s teacher-led clubs (Binca, Construction, Film and Book Club).

Christmas Play, 4, 8, 9 and 10 December
Tickets for the Christmas play will come home in book bags on Monday. If you have not remembered to order tickets please contact the school office as soon as possible. We anticipate that the show will last just under an hour.

Goodbye
Thank you for all your support over the past 25 years. There have been many changes in that time, some good, some not so good, but the one constant has been the kids. I shall remember them fondly. Brian Terry.

Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club opens at 8.00 am and breakfast (including a healthy range of cereals, porridge, toast, muffins, fruit and fruit juice) is served between 8.00 and 8.20. Early Drop-Off runs from 8.25 to 8.40 and breakfast is not available at this time.

Dental Checks
Owing to staff illness, the dental checks scheduled for Monday 24th did not take place. We will let you know when we have a new date.

Primary Applications
If you have a child due to start school in September 2015 or a child in Year 2 transferring to junior school the deadline for applications is 15 January 2015. You will need to complete the Surrey County Council on-line application form: www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions. In addition, applicants to Reception year should complete the Pewley Down supplementary form and applicants for Year 3 the Holy Trinity supplementary form (available on the website or from the office) and return these to the relevant school office.

FOPS

Christmas Decoration Competition - deadline for entry 1 December 2014
We have already had lots of amazing tribal masks entered for the Christmas decoration competition. There is still time for your child to do one. All entries need to be handed into the School Office with your child's name and class on by Monday 1 December. We will be choosing one winner from each class and one overall winner.

Christmas Fair - 7 December 2014
Raffle - Raffle tickets will be coming home in your child's book bag today. The raffle is our biggest fundraiser and we would be really grateful if you could sell as many tickets as possible to friends, neighbours and family. However please do not allow your children to go door to door selling them as it is illegal for children to buy or sell raffle tickets. There is over £1,000 of prizes to be won, including £100 cash, a Leap Frog LeapPad and loads of great days out for the family . Please return all monies, completed counterfoils and unwanted tickets in the envelope provided to the School Office by 3pm on Friday 5 December. If you require more tickets they are available from the School Office.

Help on the Day - The stalls have been allocated across the year groups and your class reps will be asking you to sign up to help for a short time on the day. There are as many time slots as there are children in each year so please volunteer to help.

Weekend Setting Up- We will be decorating the School Hall and setting up for the Fair on Friday 5 December (7pm to 9pm) and Saturday 6 December (10am to midday and 2pm until 4pm). There are lots of jobs to do and we need help. Please come along an help for an hour or two if you are able to.

First Aid - Claire Hassan is kindly organising first aid cover for the fair on Sunday 7 December. If you are able to help, please email Claire – Claire-hassan@hotmail.co.uk

Peace Child DVD - order by 10 December 2014
So that you can sit back and enjoy the school Christmas production, Peace Child, and share the experience with family and friends over Christmas, we will be producing a DVD of the play which you can order for £8 a copy. £1.50 from the sale each DVD goes to the school. If you would like to order a copy please complete the order form and return it together with payment no later than Wednesday 10 December. The DVDs will be available to take home on the last day of term.

Lost: Holly Delves, Hazel, has lost her plain navy blue (named) cardigan.
Zaiyana Azam, Hazel, has lost two school cardigans – both named.Found: A pair of pink Disney glasses, possibly belonging to someone who attended PUPS on Thursday.

Ballet Club: Parents are invited to the Ballet Club end-of-term show on Thursday 11 December, 3.30 pm.

Christingle Service: The whole family is invited to attend a Christingle Service held at Christ Church Guildford, Waterden Road, on Sunday 14 December, 4pm, in aid of The Children’s Society. This beautiful service is very suitable for families with young children, followed by a bring & share tea. All enquiries to the Parish Office 01483 567072 www.christchurchguildford.com

Festive Fun For All The Family! Guildford Borough Council has produced some free information for families in Guildford. This includes details of playschemes, sports academies, arts and crafts, dance and drama workshops and countless other activities for children and young people to take part in during the Christmas break. I would be very grateful if you could let as many families as possible know about the below website link, so that they can access the information and benefit from activities in the area. www.guildford.gov.uk/holidayactivities

28 November 2014

Dear Parents,

I am thrilled to bits that Clare Brunet has been selected to be the next Executive Headteacher of HTPD. It was a very tough process for her and she came through with flying colours. However, I knew from when she decided to apply that she would be a great choice.

Clare really does have the skills to lead the wonderful, enthralling and multi-faceted organisation which is HTPD. She has a shining intellect which she uses to understand and process all the elements of young people’s education. Alongside this she is most definitely a people person who wants all children and staff to be successful and happy members of the HTPD family. She was a leading person in helping to form the precious values of the school and she will be true to these as well as developing a new vision which will lead the school into exciting new areas in the future. Clare is a committed Christian whose life and motivation is based upon her faith and so she will continue to promote the Good News of a life which gives a proper place to God in our school. Clare is particularly passionate about disadvantaged children and she will make this a big part of the focus.

These are all facets which I believe in and am so happy that school will be in her safe and skilful hands. In a few days I will have completed 25 years at Holy Trinity and I have loved, and continue to love the job. I thank God that someone has been appointed who shares that love, motivation and values.

The next two terms will give Clare and I the chance to work together to make for a smooth transition. Thank you so much for all your prayers and thoughts and support of this process. Thank you also for the great kindness and support you give to me. I know you will also give this to Clare.

With best wishes, Richard

Tempest Photography
Please note that all photograph orders MUST be handed in by the end of school on Monday. NO LATE ORDERS can be accepted.

Outstanding amounts payable: It would be great if we could end the term with accounts settled. Could I ask you to please check your balances on ParentPay for services you use and trips and pay outstanding amounts. We will send home invoices next week with your children if you have any balances outstanding – but it would be great to pre-empt the need for invoicing. It’s all on ParentPay!! Thanks very much, Lesley

Christmas Production
The afternoon performance will begin at 1.30pm. In the evening, the bar will open at 6.30pm and the performances will begin at 7pm. The play should not last any longer than one hour.

Drop off times as follows:
Please drop your children off between 6.30-6.45pm to the Year 5 area.
Pick up after the play (approx. 8pm) will be from the following:
Year 3 – 5H
Year 4 – 4J
Year 5 – 5C
Year 6 – 6M

Netball
Congratulations to the year 6 girls who won the Guildford Schools Indoor netball Tournament last Friday at Spectrum. It was a lovely event with a great atmosphere and a bonus to play in the warmth!
Well done also to the Year 5&6 girls who played two matches at St. Thomas's and won 10-3 and 14 -2 despite the fact that we could barely see the ball at the end of play.

Football
The Year 5 football team had a great match at St. Thomas's this week aided and abetted by the rain and the mud. It was a tight game and they eventually won 3-2, well done to everyone involved.

Modern Schools Biathlon
Good luck to Ayla Darcy, Joe Fuller and Hebe Poole who travel to Solihul tomorrow morning to compete in the biathlon competition. Having qualified in the Southern Schools Biathlon they now go on to compete in the Nationals.

Congratulations to Sophie Jones who was a pupil here from 2009-13 she has won the British Figure Skating Championship for under 14s, even though she is only 12. Her brother, Matthew, and aunt Olcay are part of our HTPD family. We look forward to hearing of further successes.

Exchange Opportunity
There is an excellent opportunity to host a child from a new partner school in France. Host families are also warmly invited to arrange a return visit if they wish to. The school is in Lyon and the children are pretty fluent in English. I have met the organiser and feel confident to support this venture. If you are interested please read the ParentMail entitled French Student. There will also be a meeting with the French organiser on Thursday 11 December at 5pm. The school is the Ecole Bilingual de Savoie (www.ombrosa.com).

HTPD Prayer Group are meeting on Tuesday 2nd December at 1.30pm at Elaine Fitzwater’s house, for prayer and cake! All welcome! Contact Emma Laporte for details emmalaporte@hotmail.com.

Holy Trinity School Community (HTSC) PTA News

Christmas Fair
We look forward to seeing you all tonight at the fair. Please walk if possible, if you do have to drive, please park in the lower playground. Access is via the playground doors. Thank you to everyone who has helped and who is helping tonight. Don’t forget your raffle tickets and money to spend!

Christmas Play
We are looking for people to help serve drinks at the Christmas Play. The kids are to be dropped off at 6.30pm and the play starts at 7pm, so it will only be a half an hour slot. There is no interval this year so it will be the only opportunity to serve drinks. If you are able to help with set up a bit earlier that would be great too. Please contact Caroline Swift caroline@swifts.me.uk.

Christmas Shopping with Easyfundraising
You can raise money for the school when you shop online (and not just at Christmas!) For full details and to sign up visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/htscguildford Easy fundraising is an entirely free service that allows people to shop directly at their favourite store via the links on the easyfundraising.org.uk website and earn a cash back donation to their school cause once a purchase is made. Donated earnings can be anywhere up to 15%, depending on the retailer and the product that was purchased. There are thousands of stores that are already participating with leading high street brands such as Amazon, WH Smith, M&S etc., making it one of the most effortless fundraising ideas for schools.

Northbrook
HTSC has teamed up with Northbrook Fundraising to bring you a fabulous selection of high quality wrapping paper, stationery and small gifts at great value prices including the popular Wonders of Learning Books (now reduced to £4.99) and the lovely Little Blossom range both of which would make ideal stocking fillers.

When you buy any item from Northbrook, HTSC will receive 22% cash back. Northbrook has some fantastic products, for example they have a pack of 9 sheets of high quality Christmas papers for just £3.50 as well as 3 wine or gift bags also at £3.50. When you buy just one of these we receive 77p! This is a great deal for you and provides extra funds for us. If we all bought just a couple of items we could raise a significant amount of money. When you buy on-line, there is no p & p charge and the goods are sent to your home address within 4 days of ordering. Also each order over £15 placed before 25th December will receive 1 free roll of wrapping paper of your choice. So please click on Northbrook / Holy Trinity School and start shopping!

Lost:
Amy Woodhouse in 4J lost her brand new Nightingale fleece (red) before Half Term. It is named. If you have it or know of its whereabouts, please come to the office. Thank you.
Ted Kitcat in 5H has lost a Clarkes’ black shoe (left foot), size 2. Please check your bags! Thank you.

Art class with Elena Andreeva - We have a place at our Art class "Drawing, Painting, Composition”, starting the new series or sessions at our art class start on the 31st of November. The art class runs on Mondays at HT 3.30-5pm (90 min sessions). The cost is £110 for 10 sessions. If you want your child to attend the course, please contact Elena at 01483 560385.

Amazing Art Club: Engaging, Creating, Inspiring! Come along and have fun making things in this arts and crafts club. Learn how to paint and draw using a range of materials and techniques; hear about the amazing stories behind different artists' work and more with inspiring artist Sophie Artemis Pitt www.sophieartemispitt.com. See website for gallery of children's work from Watts Gallery, Painshill, Lightbox Museum and now Holy Trinity! Sophie has 2 sons and loves making books and painting (work collected by the Tate Gallery and the V&A Museum) in her studio in Guildford. Tuesday 13th January 2015 3.15 p.m. – 5.15 p.m. (no class 17th February because of Half Term). Last class Tuesday 24th March 2015. £140 for 10 x 2 hour workshops. All materials included in the price. For more details or to book your place please contact Sophie on 07855 622303 or email: sophieartemispitt@gmail.com. Maximum 10 spaces so book early!

24 November 2014

Dear Parents,

As Christmas draws ever nearer some of us start thinking about gifts. Others of you have been doing that since the last week in August if we are to believe the market research! I am feeling pretty pleased with myself as I have already bought a present for my wife, for two of my 3 grandchildren and the cards for all my staff here at HTPD (104!)

I was wondering what is the best gift we can give our children – so far I have only got a set of 100 ‘Beano’ postcards as a little present for my son. However, it is the things which money can’t buy which are the most important gifts they can receive. I think there are three or four things which will make so much more difference than the latest Xbox or ‘Frozen’ DVD.

Number 1 is always ‘being there’ for your children, this includes the wonderful gifts of time and empathy. In the 1950s John Bowlby introduced the concept of ‘attachment theory’. This tells us that humans (as well as other animals) only really thrive if they are nurtured by a main carer or carers who have a ‘deep and enduring emotional bond for them across time and space’ Bowlby 1969. Children who have good attachments can go on to make other good relationships throughout their lives.

The second is the gift of unconditional love. This again embraces time given and words of affirmation as well as touch. Children who are loved are able to feel love for others. If that love is unconditional, children have every chance of being stable, and once again, forming good and lasting relationships themselves.

Thirdly, I would suggest the gift of building our children up, resulting in children who value themselves and have a high level of self-esteem, This in turn leads to children who achieve the cliché ‘to be best that I can be’.

This is all very idealistic I know and we all have times of success and failure. The good news is that you can keep on giving these gifts all through the years of childhood and onwards after that!

Happy Christmas shopping!
With best wishes, Richard

SEND
We are currently re writing the new SEND Policy and the Accessibility plan for both sites. We would be interested in having parental input into this and developing a key stakeholder group to review the plan annually. If you would be interested in being involved in this group please contact Debbie our SENCO on debbiec@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk
Christmas Production
Tickets for our Christmas play ‘Over by Christmas’ will be available from Monday in the Library before and after school. Each family will be allocated 3 tickets. Children are allowed to collect tickets but only if they bring a note detailing which performance is required. The afternoon performance will begin at 1.30pm in the evening, the bar will open at 6.30pm and the performance will begin at 7pm. The play should not last any longer than an hour.
Christmas Production Timetable

Monday 1st

Tuesday 2nd

Wednesday 3rd

Thursday 4th

1.30pm

Nightingale

Keller

Shackleton

Mandela

7.00pm

Nightingale

Nightingale

Keller

Keller

Shackleton

Shackleton

Mandela

Mandela

Holy Trinity School Community (HTSC) PTA News

Dates for the Diary
Christmas Fair - Friday 28th November
Year 3 Xmas Drinks – Friday 5th December
Year 6 Xmas Social - save the date - Thursday 11th December
Christmas Fair Friday 28 November
Everyone should have received their Christmas Fair pack by now, if not, please check book bags. All donations gratefully received. This year we need:
• Bottles
• Unopened gifts and new toys
• Jolly jars or bags
• Teddies - any unwanted teddy bears in good condition for the teddy tombola
• Chocolate
• Hamper items

Your year reps will be looking for people to help on the stalls, please look out for the emails and volunteer if you can. We also need help on the day of the fair, again if you are able to help please let your year rep know when the email comes out.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out in Santa's grotto this year. We need some dads who could be Father Christmas during the fair, costume will be provided. If you are able to help please contact caroline@swifts.me.uk
Northbrook
HTSC has teamed up with Northbrook Fundraising to bring you a fabulous selection of high quality wrapping paper, stationery and small gifts at great value prices including the popular Wonders of Learning Books (now reduced to £4.99) and the lovely Little Blossom range both of which would make ideal stocking fillers.

When you buy any item from Northbrook, HTSC will receive 22% cash back. Northbrook has some fantastic products, for example they have a pack of 9 sheets of high quality Christmas papers for just £3.50 as well as 3 wine or gift bags also at £3.50. When you buy just one of these we receive 77p! This is a great deal for you and provides extra funds for us. If we all bought just a couple of items we could raise a significant amount of money. When you buy on-line, there is no p & p charge and the goods are sent to your home address within 4 days of ordering. Also each order over £15 placed before 25th December will receive 1 free roll of wrapping paper of your choice. So please click on Northbrook / Holy Trinity School and start shopping!
Christmas Greenery – If you are walking through the Chantries or any woods this weekend, please keep your eyes open for fallen branches of fir or other Christmas type greenery. We will be decorating the Chapel for the fair and concert and if you are able to collect some, please leave outside the chapel.

Year 5 Parents - Christmas Drinks will be on Tuesday 9th December at 8pm at MKB. We have reserved an area and look forward to seeing you all there! Thanks, Year 5 Reps.

Just to let those looking for unique Christmas presents know about Guildford Craftacular which is being held next Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November at St Mary’s Church 10am - 5pm daily. Several HTPD mums will be there amongst 25 plus stallholders selling their handmade goods, including photography, textiles, paintings, jewellery, ceramics and glass. www.facebook.com/GuildfordCraftacular
Lost: Luke Pomeroy in 4J has mislaid his judo kit, consisting of top and trousers. Both items are named (Morgan/Luke). Please would members of the Judo Club search through their bags in case these items were picked up by mistake? Thank you.
Art class with Elena Andreeva - We have a place at our Art class "Drawing, Painting, Composition",starting the new series or sessions at our art class start on the 31st of November. The art class runs on Mondays at HT 3.30-5pm (90 min sessions.) The cost is £110 for 10 sessions. If you want your child to attend the course, please contact Elena at 01483 560385 .
Sunnyside YOGA – Don’t miss the chance to try Yoga at Holy Trinity on Monday evenings 19.45 – 21.45 in the Main Hall. To book your space, please contact Gunilla Hartman (Mum to Hanna in 4JN) on 07732 550 699 or visit www.sunnysideyoga.co.uk to find out more.

21 November 2014

Dear Parents

As Christmas draws ever nearer some of us start thinking about gifts. Others of you have been doing that since the last week in August if we are to believe the market research! I am feeling pretty pleased with myself as I have already bought a present for my wife, for two of my 3 grandchildren and the cards for all my staff here at HTPD (104) !!

I was wondering what is the best gift we can give our children – so far I have only got a set of 100 ‘Beano’ postcards as a little present for my son. However, it is the things which money can’t buy which are the most important gifts they can receive. I think there are three or four things which will make so much more difference than the latest Xbox or ‘Frozen’ DVD.

Number 1 is always ‘being there’ for your children, this includes the wonderful gifts of time and empathy. In the 1950s John Bowlby introduced the concept of ‘attachment theory’. This tells us that humans (as well as other animals) only really thrive if they are nurtured by a main carer or carers who have a ‘deep and enduring emotional bond for them across time and space’ Bowlby 1969. Children who have good attachments can go on to make other good relationships throughout their lives.

The second is the gift of unconditional love. This again embraces time given and words of affirmation as well as touch. Children who are loved are able to feel love for others. If that love is unconditional, children have every chance of being stable, and once again, forming good and lasting relationships themselves.

Thirdly, I would suggest the gift of building our children up, resulting in children who value themselves and have a high level of self-esteem, This in turn leads to children who achieve the cliché ‘to be best that I can be’.

This is all very idealistic I know and we all have times of success and failure. The good news is that you can keep on giving these gifts all through the years of childhood and onwards after that!
Happy Christmas shopping!
With best wishes, Richard

Building work: Next Monday 24 November the builders will begin the replacement of our windows. Obviously this may cause some disruption to our usual routines. We will try to keep you informed about any changes to where your child will be based. Please watch out for signs about which doors to use and which
classrooms are out of action.
Dental Checks, Monday 24 November: Just a reminder to those of you whose children are taking part in the National Dental Survey of 5 year olds that the dental nurse will be in school on Monday.

Christmas Play tickets and DVD: Look out for letters coming home today about tickets for the Christmas play on 8, 9 and 10 December. The dress rehearsal will be on Thursday 4th (and not Friday 5th December as stated in last week’s newsletter). Please return your order by Friday 28 November.
An order form for the Christmas play DVD is also coming home and must be returned by 10 December.
Holy Trinity Meeting for Prospective Parents, Thursday 27 November: All parents of children in Year 2 are invited to a meeting at Holy Trinity on 27 November at 7.45pm.
Christmas Lunch, Thursday 11 December: Children who usually have a packed lunch are very welcome to have a school Christmas lunch on Thursday 11th. Please let the office know by Friday 5 December.

Carols round the Tree, Tuesday 16 December, 2.00pm: Parents are warmly invited to join us for this informal carol sing-along in the hall.

Football Club: We are delighted to have Jack Sollis of Kickstart Coaching taking over the football club from Brian. Letters will come out next week with more details. Football will continue on Wednesday for Year 1 and Thursday for Year 2. Year R will be on Tuesday.
Lost:
- A pair of pink Disney glasses, possibly belonging to someone who attended PUPS on Thursday.
- During the Y2 trip to St Paul's last week Emmy Covington, Walnut, mislaid her Keller cardigan (labelled either on the collar or on the tag at the side). A Keller cardigan was brought back from the trip, however it wasn’t hers. Please could parents of Keller Y2 girls check they have the right cardigan.

FOPS

Christmas Decoration Competition - deadline for entry 1 December 2014: You will have received home this week details of our Christmas decoration competition. Continuing the tradition of theming the competition to Christmas production, the theme this year is tribal masks - Christmassy ones! We will be using the masks to decorate the school hall for Christmas. On the back of the letter is a template you can use. Let your children get creative and go wild! All entries should be handed into the School Office with your child's name and class on the back by Monday 1 December. We will be choosing one winner from each class and one overall winner. So get out the glitter and good luck!
Christmas Fair - 7 December 2014: Donations - Thank you so much for all your donations of booty bags, bottles, books, chocolate and soft toys today. It's not too late to bring in donations is you still want to do so.

Raffle - Raffle tickets will be coming home in your child's book bag next week. The raffle is our biggest fundraiser and we would be really grateful if you could sell as many tickets as possible to friends, neighbours and family. However please do not allow your children to go door to door selling them as it is illegal for children to buy or sell raffle tickets. A full list of prizes on offer, including £100 cash, a "must have" toy and loads of great days out packages, will be included with the raffle tickets. Please return all monies, completed counterfoils and unwanted tickets in the envelope provided to the School Office by 3pm on Friday 5 December. If you require more tickets they are available from the School Office.
Help on the Day - The stalls have been allocated across the year groups and your class reps will be asking you to sign up to help for a short time on the day. There are as many time slots as there are children in each year so please volunteer to help.
Peace Child DVD - order by 10 December 2014: So that you can sit back and enjoy the school Christmas production, Peace Child, and share the experience with family and friends over Christmas, we will be producing a DVD of the play which you can order for £8 a copy. £1.50 from the sale each DVD goes to the school. If you would like to order a copy please complete the order form and return it together with payment no later than Wednesday 10 December. The DVDs will be available to take home on the last day of term.

Easyfundraising.org.uk: It’s Black Friday – will you be starting your Christmas shopping? If you are shopping on line, please think about using Easyfundraising.org.uk and choosing Friends of Pewley Down Infant School as your cause to support. You can access all the big retailers, for example Amazon, John Lewis, M&S, Argos, Debenhams, via their website and raise money for the school while you shop. The site can also tell you compare prices between retailers and the school will even receive commission when you use the search engine. We spend so much at Christmas – get a bit extra for your money by benefitting the school or another good cause.

2nd Guildford Town West Rainbows are a lovely group who meet once a month on the second Saturday from 2.00-4.00pm. We run every month except August, and on a Saturday because there is too much going on during our evenings to fit it all in or just because we like to have something to do in an afternoon! Rainbows are the youngest section of Girlguiding, which encompasses Brownies and Guides too. We use our full two hours to make things, go out and about, sing songs, play games, learn new things and make friends. It’s a great chance to experience the Rainbow programme with girls from all over Guildford as we meet in central Guildford. To join this Rainbow unit, please go online to www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested and follow the instructions and click on 2nd Guildford Town West Rainbows and the postcode is GU1 1ER. For more detailed information on this unit please contact Catriona on catriona.ferris@unilever.com Please note that the vacancies are only in this unit, most others carry a waiting list and you will not get a place aged 5 already.
Sunnyside YOGA – Don’t miss the chance to try Yoga at Holy Trinity on Monday evenings 19.45 – 21.45 in the Main Hall. To book your space, please contact Gunilla Hartman (Mum to Hanna in 4JN) on 07732 550 699 or visit www.sunnysideyoga.co.uk to find out more.

14 November 2014

Dear Parents,

Twenty five years is a long time in the same job and is becoming very unusual in the current employment situation. This is what Brian Terry has completed at Pewley Down School. He is now finishing at the school as caretaker and moving with Penny, his wife to a house by the sea in Suffolk. It will be a great location for Brian who loves running and the outdoor life. Many of you will be grateful to Brian for his care and for running the football club for so many years. If you would like to join in the gift for him, please bring your contribution to the Pewley office. We are holding a leaving tea for him next Friday afternoon at 3.15pm and you are welcome to that too. I know he would bereally pleased to see parents of his footballers over the years. We will not be replacing Brian. Instead, Julie, our Site Manager will take on his responsibilities and we have an excellent company taking over the cleaning. The only small part of the job we have not fixed up is snow clearing; if anyone is able to offer to do this vital but very occasional task please contact the HT office or email Julie direct on julieb@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk.

Also moving on is Hannah Jezeph, but if we are all very nice to her she may come back after her time in Australia. Hannah is an outstanding teacher and she will be much missed. She is being replaced by Patrick Davies. He was on the Surrey school centred teacher training programme last year and did his second teaching experience in year 3 with Ginnie. He comes to us from Gosden House School in Shalford. He is a musician and will bring many other talents to HTPD.

Your child’s safety is of paramount importance to us and two special ‘weeks’ next week will focus our minds on this. The weeks are ‘Anti Bullying’ and ‘Road Safety’. All classes from R to 6 will be focusing on these two particular campaigns. I hope you will be able to reinforce these messages at home too. The revised Anti-bullying and Behaviour policies are available on the website. On the road safety note please would you remind your children to cross with the teachers at the top of the driveway at Addison Road.

Thank you so much for your co-operation in these matters.
With best wishes, Richard

Parent Consultations, Tuesday 18 & Wednesday 19 November: The parent consultations next week are an important chance for you to talk to your child’s class teacher about how well they have settled in. We would encourage you please to keep to the 10 minute time slot, but do ask if you feel you need a longer appointment on another occasion. Please come to the library/office area on arrival where there will be a list showing where the consultations are being held. Patrick Davies will also be attending the consultation evenings so all parents in Walnut class will have a chance to meet him.

Teacher-led clubs: Owing to the parent consultations, teacher-led clubs will not be running next week commencing Monday 17 November.

MUFTI, Friday 21 November: Next Friday is collection day for the school fair and children may come to school in mufti (home clothes). It will be mufti /fair collection day at both sites. More details in the FOPS section.

Perform workshop, Friday 21 November: We are looking forward to Perform theatre group’s visit next Friday morning. They will be running workshops with each class on the theme of outer space.

Christmas Play: This year the Christmas play is taking place on Friday 5 December (dress rehearsal), Monday 8,Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 December. All performances start at 9:30am. More details next week.

Operation Christmas Child: Thank you so much for all the filled shoe boxes which you have brought in. They are being collected today and will be sent to children in need in Kyrgyzstan.

Parking
Please remember to respect our neighbours when parking (especially those living very close to the school). Find a safe place to park and try and make sure your child exits the car on the pavement side. Also, please do not park outside the car park gates as some staff need to leave promptly at 3.00pm.

FOPS

Christmas Fair - 7 December 2014 - 12pm to 2pm
Our Christmas Fair is approaching fast. It's always a fun start to the Christmas festivities, so please put the date in your diaries. We will have a Santa's Grotto, craft, seasonal games, hot food, mulled wine and mince pies and much more.

We really need your help with a few things to make it a success.

Donation Day - Friday 21 November - MUFTI day: You will be receiving a letter in your child's book bag today letting you know items we are collecting for stalls at the fair. This year we would be very grateful for donations of any of the following:
• Booty Bags (see "Help! What's a Booty Bag?" on the FOPS PTA section of the website
• Bottles
• Chocolate
• Second-hand soft toys
• Second-hand Books
Please bring any donations you are able to make to the School Playground on Friday 21 November. The children are allowed to come to school in mufti (home clothes) on this day.

WANTED: Father Christmas: The highlight of the fair for the children is undoubtedly a trip to Santa's Grotto. We try hard to ensure that this is a magical experience for the children. We are looking for two or three dads who would be prepared to put on the red suit and beard and be our Santa. (The santa suit and elf helpers are provided!) Please let Emily Bourke know if you would be able to do this (emilybourke@msn.com).

Stalls: Every year group has been allocated a few stalls to run at the Christmas Fair. Your class reps will be contacting you shortly to ask you to help for 30-45 minutes on a stall. There are almost as many timeslots to fill as there are children in the class so please volunteer. Many hands make light work!

If any enterprising parents or local businesses would like a stall at the Fair, please contact Emily Bourke.

Pewley Book Drive: Thank you for all your donations to the Pewley Book Drive. We have now met our target and have £2,000 to spend on new library books and reading books for the classrooms. The teachers want to ensure that this money is spent wisely and therefore they will be carefully selecting the books after Christmas. We will give you more details when the new books arrive in school early next year.

Cake Sale, Friday 21 November (Hazel Class) is cancelled. This will now happen on Friday 28 November.

Home School Link Worker group
There will be a group for parents or carers who find their children’s behaviour challenging. The group will run on Monday mornings on 17th, 24th November and the 1st December from 9-10:30am. Tea and coffee will be available beforehand in the staffroom. The group will be supported by me but the group will decide which direction we will go in. If you would like to join the group please contact me in person or by e-mail on lucyc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk. Lucy Cray, Home School Link Worker

Lost
Scarlett LeRoy ( Walnut Class) has misplaced her brand new cardigan – Keller – size large. The cardigan was last seen at PUPS but, unfortunately, it wasn’t named.

14 November 2014

Dear Parents

Twenty five years is a long time in the same job and is becoming very unusual in the current employment situation. This is what Brian Terry has completed at Pewley Down School. He is now finishing at the school as caretaker and moving with Penny, his wife to a house by the sea in Suffolk. It will be a great location for Brian who loves running and the outdoor life. Many of you will be grateful to Brian for his care and for running the football club for so many years. If you would like to join in the gift for him, please bring your contribution to the Pewley office. We are holding a leaving tea for him next Friday afternoon at 3.15pm and you are welcome to that too. I know he would be really pleased to see parents of his footballers over the years. We will not be replacing Brian. Instead, Julie, our Site Manager will take on his responsibilities and we have an excellent company taking over the cleaning. The only small part of the job we have not fixed up is snow clearing; if anyone is able to offer to do this vital but very occasional task please contact the HT office or email Julie direct on julieb@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk.

Also moving on is Hannah Jezeph, but if we are all very nice to her she may come back after her time in Australia. Hannah is an outstanding teacher and she will be much missed. She is being replaced by Patrick Davies. He was on the Surrey school centered teacher training programme last year and did his second teaching experience in year 3 with Ginnie. He comes to us from Gosden House School in Shalford. He is a musician and will bring many other talents to HTPD.

Your child’s safety is of paramount importance to us and two special ‘weeks’ next week will focus our minds on this. The weeks are ‘Anti Bullying’ and ‘Road Safety’. All classes from R to 6 will be focusing on these two particular campaigns. I hope you will be able to reinforce these messages at home too. The revised Anti-bullying and Behaviour policies are available on the website. On the road safety note please would you remind your children to cross with the teachers at the top of the driveway at Addison Road.

Thank you so much for your co-operation in these matters.

With best wishes, Richard

For any parents who have an hour to spare on Saturday morning
The school grounds could do with a tidy up and if you could spare 1 hour between 9 and 10 tomorrow morning we would be so grateful for your help.

Please remember the group for parents or carers who find their children’s behaviour challenging, will begin on Monday morning at 9am at Holy Trinity. Tea and coffee will be available beforehand in the staffroom. All parents/carers are welcome. Best wishes, Lucy Cray, Home School Link Worker.

SEND
We are currently re writing the new SEND Policy and the Accessibility plan for both sites. We would be interested in having parental input into this and developing a key stakeholder group to review the plan annually. If you would be interested in being involved in this group please contact Debbie our SENCO on debbiec@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk

Christmas Production
We are now entering the exciting final rehearsal stage of our production. Whilst we don’t have many formal costumes for our named characters, but if any parents/grandparents have any sewing skills and could offer to create some aprons and simple skirts please contact sheilam@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk. Each year group will have their own outfit; please supply as follows:
Year 3 - black leggings/joggers and black t-shirt with a poppy
Year 4 - black leggings/joggers and black t-shirt with a poppy
Year 5 - black leggings/joggers and black t-shirt with a poppy + flat cap or apron and winter scarf
Year 6 - black leggings/joggers and black t-shirt with a poppy + flat cap or apron and winter scarf

Cross-Country
Our cross-country season continues to go from strength to strength. The girls had a lovely run in the sunshine last Sunday morning at Manor House with 5 other schools. The U9's went first and what a pace was set. With some of them having their inaugural race, it was a very creditable performance. The U11's watched and supported the younger ones and then prepared to run themselves.
They all had a wonderful team performance achieving first place overall. Eliza Sutton secured a gold medal, Ayla Darcy, silver, Hebe Poole, 4th place and Meg Miller 7th. This was followed by U9, U10 and U11 cross country at Priorsfield which included 14 schools from across Surrey. Once again the girls performed brilliantly with Ayla and Hebe achieving gold and silver in their age category out of 78 runners and Eliza 5th place out of 78 in her age category. Well done to everyone.

Football
Apologies, there will be no Year 3 and 4 football on Tuesday as we have a home fixture.

Year 6 Cooking Club
If you have any medium size saucepans and frying pans which are spare please would you consider donating them to the cooking club? Thanks Alison.

Holy Trinity School Community (HTSC) PTA News

Dates for the DiaryChristmas Fair - Friday 28th November
Year 3 Xmas Drinks – 5th December details tbc
Year 6 Xmas social - Save the Date - Thursday 11th December

Bonfire Night
A HUGE Thank you to everyone who helped either Friday Saturday & Sunday!..... From the bonfire build team who were fantastic, to the many helpers on the night and the all important big clear up on Friday night, Saturday & Sunday. The evening was a great success and raised about £3000 for the school so thanks also to everyone that came along and supported the event .

Christmas Fair Friday 28 November
Everyone should have received their Christmas fair pack today, if not please check book bags. Next Friday 21 November is mufti for the children and donation day for the fair. This year we need:
• Bottles
• Unopened gifts and new toys
• Jolly jars or bags
• Teddies - any unwanted teddy bears in good condition for the teddy tombola
• Chocolate
• Hamper items
Your year reps will be looking for people to help on the stalls, please look out for the emails and volunteer if you can. We also need help on the day of the fair, again if you are able to help please let your year rep know when the email comes out.
We are also looking for volunteers to help out in Santa's grotto this year. We need some Dads who could be Father Christmas during the fair, costume will be provided. If you are able to help please contact caroline@swifts.me.uk

Northbrook
HTSC has teamed up with Northbrook Fundraising to bring you a fabulous selection of high quality wrapping paper, stationery and small gifts at great value prices including the popular Wonders of Learning Books (now reduced to £4.99) and the lovely Little Blossom range both of which would make ideal stocking fillers.

When you buy any item from Northbrook, HTSC will receive 22% cash back. Northbrook has some fantastic products, for example they have a pack of 9 sheets of high quality Christmas papers for just £3.50 as well as 3 wine or gift bags also at £3.50. When you buy just one of these we receive 77p! This is a great deal for you and provides extra funds for us. If we all bought just a couple of items we could raise a significant amount of money. When you buy on-line, there is no p & p charge and the goods are sent to your home address within 4 days of ordering. Also each order over £15 placed before 25th December will receive 1 free roll of wrapping paper of your choice. So please click on Northbrook / Holy Trinity School and start shopping!

Thoughts from a Year 6 pupil:
Sunday, 9th November, 2014
Today we went to a Remembrance Sunday Service at church. It was ok, but pretty boring. I get that we need to remember these people, but do we really need to be silent for a whole two minutes?! I was bursting to sneeze, but you can’t when everyone’s looking at the floor being all ‘serious’. In the end I did sneeze, and mum gave me such a look. After the Service she yelled: “Alicia Miriam Harriet Miranda Ross, you astound me!” Then she went into a whole speech about ‘respect’ and other stuff like that. I mean, why do these things even matter?

Tuesday, 14th February, 1915
It’s my 19th birthday today. I’ve told a few people, but we can’t celebrate much here. We’ve got tasks and drills and other things to do. I haven’t written for a while, but since my last entry, my friend Will has died. I can hardly bear to write it. He just popped his head above the trench for a second and then ‘bang’. He was dead. He was one of my only friends here. My brother, John, is in a different regiment. I haven’t heard from him for weeks. I fear for his life. I can hear the sergeant calling my name: ”Private Walter Ross!” I’d better go. Maybe today I will escape from this hellhole.

Tuesday, 11th November, 2014
Today at school we were researching soldiers who had died in the war, and I found out that my great-great uncle, Private Walter Ross, was killed in action on the 14th February, 1915. It was his 19th birthday. It made me think a little more about the people who have died in war, and that they laid down their lives for us. It’s horrifying, finding out that some who died were only a few years older than me. After school I went to see the Charlotteville War Memorial. I had made a poppy at school, and laid it, muttering.

“At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them”. Harriet Twigger-Ross, 6SR

Poem by James Bolus, 6SR
Rotting Like Rats
Left to rot like rats, shivering under empty sacks,
Stumbling on in mud to our thighs,
The shot of a gun and a piercing cry,
Bombs dropping down from the sky,
Deafening bangs, serve and die.

Looking at the memorial deep in thought,
Why was it necessary for these men to be gone?
Greed is the cause of all this sadness.
We’re privileged unlike those who fought for us.
They died for our freedom, they died for our might.

Stumbling on all through the night
Though shot and shell, through mud and hell,
They gave their lives to make Europe right.

Design Santa's House! Curchods Christmas Art Competition - plenty of WH Smiths Prizes! Once again, Curchods Estate Agents in Guildford are delighted to launch again an Art Competition exclusively to pupils at Holy Trinity School. This year, the theme will be to design Santa’s House. All entries will be displayed in the Curchods shop window during the Christmas period and there will be generous prizes awarded to the top 5 entries. Look out for the posters around school and tell your budding artist(s) to collect their paper from the School Office Front Desk! Closing deadline is Wed. 17th December.

07 November 2014

Parent Consultations, 18 & 19 November
You should have received a letter about the parent consultations in your child’s book bag. Please return your completed form to the school office by Monday 10 November.
Year 2 visit to St Paul’s, Friday 14 November
Please arrive promptly at 8.40am next Friday as we will be leaving at 9.00am. Children should come to school in smart school uniform with a coat and their packed lunch and drink. Please don’t bring any extra hats, scarves or gloves.

Operation Christmas Child
This year we are again supporting Operation Christmas Child whose mission is to send filled shoeboxes to children in need overseas, and you should already have received a leaflet in your child’s book bag. Mike Roberts also came to talk to the children in assembly on Monday. This year the boxes we collect will be sent to Kyrgyzstan and we hope to send as many as possible. The deadline for boxes to be received in school is Friday 14 November. We do have a few spare shoe boxes in the office as well as extra leaflets.
Home School Link Worker group
There will be a group for parents or carers who find their children’s behaviour challenging. The group will run on Monday mornings on 17th, 24th November and the 1st December from 9-10:30am. Tea and coffee will be available beforehand in the staffroom. The group will be supported by me but the group will decide which direction we will go in. If you would like to join the group please contact me in person or by e-mail on lucyc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk. Lucy Cray, Home School Link Worker
Retirement
We are having an informal gathering on Friday 21 November at 3.15 pm to mark our caretaker Brian’s retirement. Any children (and their parents) who have enjoyed playing football in Brian’s club are very welcome to join us. Please let the office know if you would like to attend. There is also a card in the office if you would like to contribute to his leaving present.
Year R Photograph
The photo of the Year R children will be appearing in the 7 November edition of Surrey Advertiser.

HTPD Prayer Group
Our next meeting is Friday 14th November at Emma Laporte’s house. Contact Emma for details emmalaporte@hotmail.com. All Welcome!

FOPS

An Amazing Start - Thank You!
Thank you for your support of recent events and fundraising initiatives:

We are delighted to announce that we have met our £500 target for the Pewley Book Drive. This will be added to the £1,500 FOPS has committed to buying books. If you would like to donate, you can still do so. The donation form is available on the school website or from the School Office. We hope to see the new books in the classrooms soon.

We hope that all those who came to the Family School Disco before half term enjoyed the evening. The event was a sell out and we raised £1,200! Our thanks go to DJ Katie (aka Lucy Larkin's mummy) and to Hannah from Boogie Pumps who donated her time to teach us some new dance moves (www.boogiepumps.co.uk). Ingrid Timmerman (www.ingridtimmerman.com) took some fabulous photos in the Photo Booth. If you ordered any photos, they are ready for collection from the School Office.

Thank you to all those who "philled" a bag on Thursday. We will let you know how much we raised.
FOPS Meeting - 12 November 2014
The next FOPS meeting will take place on Wednesday 12 November 2014 at 8pm in the staff room. All parents are very welcome. The main topic for discussion will the Christmas Fair. Please come along if you would like to get involved.
iQ Christmas Cards
If you ordered iQ Christmas cards in your child's design, you will receive them in your child's book bag this week.

Northbrook gift wrap
Northbrook orders have now arrived and are ready for collection from the school office.
Yellow Moon catalogues
The Christmas edition of the catalogue will be in book bags shortly. Look out for winter and Christmas craft and gift ideas, with even more products available online. Purchases generate commission for FOPS as long as orders quote our source code, which is SPE 1101. This is also shown on the front of the catalogue. Please note that orders are made directly to Yellow Moon and not via FOPS.

Lost: Sam Hill-Price, Walnut Class, has lost his Mandela fleece (last seen at St Catherine’s when Sam was having a swimming lesson).

Sunnyside Yoga is relocating to HT Main Hall on Monday evenings 19.45-21.15 for the rest of November. Why not take the opportunity to come and try out my classes? - all welcome including those new to yoga. The free taster class offer still applies at HT. For more information see: www.sunnysideyoga.co.uk or contact me directly on 07732 550 699. Hope to see as many of you as possible over the next three Mondays. - Gunilla Hartman (Hanna's mum and 4JN class rep)
Menu for week beginning Monday 10 November

07 November 2014

Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Appeal
A leaflet giving guidance on filling a shoe box for children overseas in very difficult living situations has been sent home. This year the boxes from the Guildford area will be going to Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. The deadline for returning boxes to school is Friday 14th November. Thank you for your support.

There will be a group for parents or carers who find their children’s behaviour challenging. The group will run on Monday mornings on 17th, 24th November and the 1st December from 9-10:30am. Tea and coffee will be available beforehand in the staffroom. The group will be supported by me but the group will decide which direction we will go in. If you would like to join the group please contact me in person or by e-mail on lucyc@holytrinity.surrey.sch.uk. Lucy Cray, Home School Link Worker.

Book Fair and Library ClubsNext week there will be a book fair running in the library every day both before and after school. The library and the book fair will be open during the Parent Consultation evenings. I will have some reading lists available to take away. Owing to the Book Fair there will be no Library clubs next week; this will mean there will be no Dangerous Book Club on Monday; Board Games on Tuesday; Chess Club on Wednesday or Creative Writing on Thursday. Lunchtime clubs will run as normal. Please do come and have a browse around the Book Fair and help us buy more books for school!

Christmas Production Rehearsals
The children should have collected schedules but I can print some more off. Rehearsals are held between 3.30 and 5pm, in the Chapel, and, as it is a devised piece, for the next week assume that your child is needed for all rehearsals. In the last 2 weeks we will be able to be more specific but this year the production involves most of the cast for most of the time! In the final week the children will be working in their house groups only and this is clearly marked on the schedule. Keep an eye on the door to 4S...any changes will posted there. Thank you for your patience and co-operation. SM

HTPD Prayer Group
Our next meeting is Friday 14th November at Emma Laporte’s house. Contact Emma for details emmalaporte@hotmail.com. All Welcome!

Fairtrade Snack Sale – Run by ECO-Team
Will start Monday 10th November every break time in the Year 4 Kitchen Area: Geo Bars – 50p Pineapple Pots – 80p

PTA - HTSC News

Annual Bonfire & Fireworks – Tonight
We hope you are able to join us tonight. Gates open at 6pm, there will be a BBQ and refreshments available, the bonfire will be lit around 7pm with a fantastic firework display at 7.30pm. Tickets are available on the gate – adults £5 and children £2.50. Please note as usual parking is very limited, please use the lower playground only and park considerately particularly on surrounding roads, if possible please walk to reduce congestion. The school will be closed in the evening so no access to classrooms etc. Thank you to those who have volunteered their services tonight.

This year Holy Trinity School Community are being kindly sponsored by Cavenders – a local Sales & Lettings Agent. They have also agreed the following, so if you are thinking of selling or renting your property, why not give them a call?

As a parent of a child at either Holy Trinity or Pewley Down School, we will;
Give your child’s school £250 if you sell your property through us.
Give your child’s school £100 if you own a property that you rent through us.
If you are thinking of Letting or Selling your property, please contact us on 01483 457728 or info@cavenders.co.uk to discuss how we can help you.

Dates for the Diary
Bonfire Night - Friday 7th November
Christmas Fair - Friday 28th November
Year 3 Xmas Drinks – 5th December details tbc
There will be an ALL YEARS drinks night on the third Thursday of each month starting in November. Please join us on Thursday November 13 at 8pm at Rogues!

Sam Hill-Price (at PD) has lost his Mandela fleece – it was last seen at St. Catherine’s when Sam was having a swimming lesson. If you think you might know of its whereabouts, please come to the office. Thank you.

Oscar Kilby-Gentric, 6SR, lost a much loved hoodie (navy blue with a Union Jack design on the back) on Fluffy Friday. The hoodie is named so if found, would you please let the office know? Thank you.

House required! Holy Trinity family, relocating from abroad, is looking for a 3/4 bedroom house in the Guildford area to rent on a short term basis with immediate effect. If you can help, please contact: louise_hallam@btinternet.com

Sunnyside Yoga is relocating to HT Main Hall on Monday evenings 19.45-21.15 for the rest of November. Why not take the opportunity to come and try out my classes? - all welcome including those new to yoga. The free taster class offer still applies at HT. For more information see: www.sunnysideyoga.co.uk or contact me directly on 07732 550 699. Hope to see as many of you as possible over the next three Mondays. - Gunilla Hartman (Hanna's mum and 4JN class rep).